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The High Middle Ages, or High Medieval Period, was the period of European history that lasted from AD 1000 to 1300. The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages, which ended around AD 1500 (by historiographical convention). [1] [2]
Economic and political changes in the High Middle Ages led to the formation of guilds and the growth of towns, and this would lead to significant changes for theatre starting in this time and continuing into in the Late Middle Ages. Trade guilds began to perform plays, usually religiously based, and often dealing with a biblical story that ...
In the earliest days of liturgical drama, plays were performed inside the church with limited scenery and the focus of the audience on the action. [7] Mansions were used to indicate location but much of the performance took place on the platea, the open space in front of the scenic structure, with the actors moving from mansion to mansion only when strictly necessary.
England in the Middle Ages concerns the history of England during the medieval period, from the end of the 5th century through to the start of the early modern period in 1485. When England emerged from the collapse of the Roman Empire, the economy was in tatters and many of the towns abandoned. After several centuries of Germanic immigration ...
The Vladislav Hall (built 1493-1502) by Rejt is the largest secular hall of the late Middle Ages. [2] Here and in the so-called "Riders' Staircase" (also in Prague Castle), Rejt devised unique vaults: "[The Vladislav Hall's] amazing vault boasts intertwined double-curved or three-dimensional lierne ribs reaching almost to the floor. Similarly ...
Historical fiction set in England during the Middle Ages remains persistently popular, with the 1980s and 1990s seeing a particular growth of historical detective fiction such as Ellis Peters's The Cadfael Chronicles set in the Anarchy, [178] which is also the location of much of Ken Follett's best-selling The Pillars of the Earth (1989). [179]
During the High Middle Ages, the Islamic world was an important contributor to the global cultural scene, innovating and supplying information and ideas to Europe, via Al-Andalus, Sicily and the Crusader kingdoms in the Levant. These included Latin translations of the Greek Classics and of Arabic texts in astronomy, mathematics, science, and ...
East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450–1450. Brill Publishers. pp. 473–490. ISBN 978-90-04-31015-5. Rady, Martyn (2000). Nobility, Land and Service in Medieval Hungary. Studies in Russia and East Europe. Palgrave. ISBN 0-333-80085-0. Sedlar, Jean W. (1994). East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000–1500. A History of ...